Deiva Thirumagal
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| Directed by | A. L. Vijay |
| Produced by | M. Chinthamani Ronnie Screwvala |
| Written by | A. L. Vijay |
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I Am Sam by Kristine Johnson and Jessie Nelson |
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| Music by | G. V. Prakash Kumar |
| Cinematography | Nirav Shah |
| Edited by | Anthony |
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Sree Rajakaliamman Medias
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| Distributed by | UTV Motion Pictures |
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Running time
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166 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Budget | ₹20 crore (US$3.0 million) |
| Box office | ₹45 crore (US$6.7 million) |
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Original CD Cover
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| Soundtrack album by G. V. Prakash Kumar | ||||
| Released | 14 April 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 2010 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 33:31 | |||
| Language | Tamil | |||
| Label | Think Music | |||
| Producer | G. V. Prakash Kumar | |||
| G. V. Prakash Kumar chronology | ||||
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Deiva Thirumagal (English translation: God's Daughter) is a 2011 Indian Tamil legal drama film written and directed by A. L. Vijay and produced by M. Chinthamani and Ronnie Screwvala that features Vikram in the lead role as a mentally challenged adult with the maturity of a six-year-old boy, while Baby Sarah, Anushka Shetty, Amala Paul and Nassar portray other pivotal roles. The film comprises director Vijay's 'regular' technical crew with G. V. Prakash Kumar as music composer, Nirav Shah as cinematographer and Anthony as editor. Audiography was done by M. R. Rajakrishnan. The film has its basic plot and lead character copied from the 2001 American film I Am Sam written and directed by Jessie Nelson, and starring Sean Penn as a father with a developmental disability and Dakota Fanning as daughter The film released on 15 July 2011 along with a dubbed version in Telugu titled Nanna.
Krishna (Vikram) is intellectually disabled and has the mental ability of a six-year old. He lives a peaceful life in the hill station of Ooty. He is cared for by Victor (Krishna Kumar), the owner of a chocolate factory where Krishna works. One day he excitedly announces to the village that he will become a father. That night, his daughter is born, but his wife Banumathy dies during childbirth. Unable to grasp the concept of death, he simply accepts that his wife has "gone to God" and starts life as a father. He names his daughter Nila, and raises her with love and care. She soon grows into a happy young girl (Sara). With the help of Victor and his other mentally challenged friends, Krishna enrolls Nila in school.
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